America's Church: The National Shrine and Catholic Presence in the Nation's Capital

The grandiloquently named Basilica Shrine of the Immaculate Conception is a sort of Rodney Dangerfield of ecclesiastical edifices: it gets no respect. Often compared unfavorably with the elegant National Cathedral, it is not centrally located in the nation's capital, and reaching it requires a...

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Main Author: Avella, Steven M. (Author)
Format: Electronic Review
Language:English
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Published: Oxford University Press 2013
In: A journal of church and state
Year: 2013, Volume: 55, Issue: 2, Pages: 358-360
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